People · Brazil
Raffael Alexander de Araujo
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ARAU01
Raffael Alexander de Araujo has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2020, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Brazil. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2016, he has put 187 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.87 in May 2016 to 8.87, a 31% improvement. Raffael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 10.50 | top 4.6% | 203 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 4.84 | top 10.5% | 345 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.63 | 30.09 | top 19.5% | 280 / 1,992 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.76 | 11.64 | top 42.8% | 1,047 / 3,208 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at LYN Cubing Days 2019.
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Zurich Open 2019.
- 21 May 2016First competition: Faria Brito Open 2016. A 14.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- South Germany 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Swisscubing Cup II 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xlingen Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Swisscubing Cup V 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- LYN Cubing Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Zentralschweiz 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Faria Brito Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Tobias Peter — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hannah Minas — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Dominic Lumsden — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.